Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 May 1940

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Midgley accidently strangled himself with an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys he designed himself to lift him from his bed since he was struck by poliomyelitis in 1940.
(2 November 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 14th of May 1940 84 years ago
Anarchist, political activist and writer Emma Goldman dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 71 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.